G tti R h P bli h dGetting your Research PublishedHow Publishers can Help (and why they would want to)Presented by: K Noelle Gracy Ph D Director of Community Engagement ElsevierPresented by: K Noelle Gracy, Ph.D. Director of Community Engagement, Elsevier

Why Publishers are Investing in Author Services

• Publishers are competing for the best papers• Rejecting papers costs time and money• Rejecting papers costs time and money• Developing Countries are increasing output and quality

ASEAN Research Position & Main Collaboration Partners Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar & Philippines

A report prepared for the British Council Hong Kong, October 2012

Figure 3.1 - Article counts per year for selected ASEANcountries

ASEAN Countries are Increasing Rapidly in Output and Quality

Citation Share

ASEAN Research Position & Main Collaboration Partners , 2012

Figure 3.3 – Citation shares per year for selected ASEAN countries

ASEAN Countries are Increasing Rapidly in Output and Quality

Relative Impact

Figure 3.5 – 8 ASEAN countries plotted on both output (number of articles published in 2011) and Relative Citation Impact (Relative Citation Impact for 2007-2011 citations for 2007-2011 articles)

ASEAN Research Position & Main Collaboration Partners , 2012

But Competition is Growing Faster than Publication Rate(and 64% of articles are rejected)

Rejected

Accepted

Withdrawn

High level submission statistics per yearNumber of submissions, %

+11%994K

+15%+11%

2,8%897K

j,

32,4%34,4%

2,8%811K

34,8%

4,3%707K

35 8%

4,5%

64,7%62,9%60,9%59,7%

35,8%

2011 201220102009

Try, Try Again….Almost 70% of Articles are Eventually Published

811K

78K529K

282K

Extrapolated from rejected article study (1030 reject manuscript)

175K74K

117K1K35K

48K78K

366K

Eventually Not published

175K

Eventually

74K

Relevant Data ErrorsRetracted Irrelevant Double Not PublishedPublished Items# of Eventually published by

others

Not published Eventually published

by Elsevier

Relevant Manuscripts

Data ErrorsRetracted Items (3)

Irrelevant Docs (2)

Double Counting (1)

Not PublishedPublished Items# of Submissions

2010

(1) Double counting is caused by earlier rejections of the same article in the Database in the (same year and with an equal title).(2) Irrelevant docs are Errata, Letters, Notes and communications(3) Retracted Items: Submissions which were retracted by the Author

Resources to help Authors Choose the Best Journal

• Online Advice• Find a journal• Find a journal• Prepare your paper• Submitting a paper

Ch ki t t• Checking paper status• (PDF) Guides

http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/pdf_file/0020/131816/Understanding-the-Publishing-Process pdf6/Understanding the Publishing Process.pdf

• New metrics beyond Impact Factor (SNIP Impact Factor (SNIP, SJR)

• More journals are discoverable

http://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/home

Resources to Help Authors Prepare a Manuscript

• Author Academy (Springer)• Publishing Connect (Elsevier)g ( )

• 14 Training webcasts• Preparing your Manuscript• Using Proper Manuscript Using Proper Manuscript

Language• Structuring an Article

• Author NewslettersAuthor Newsletters• Ethics Guides & Webinars• Paid services

• Language editing and translation services

• Professional scientific translation Professional scientific translation services

• Illustration and art works serviceshttp://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/elsevier-supporting-early-career-researchers/publishing-connect-training-webcasts

Live Author-Training Seminars

• Elsevier (alone) offered 250+ Author Seminars in 2013 Seminars in 2013

• Variety of topics • » Introduction To Scholarly Publishing

H T G t P bli h d • » How To Get Published • » Author Rights• » Open Accessn Access• » Research and Publication Ethics » Research and Publication Ethics • » Successful Grant Writing• » Getting Your Paper Noticed• » The Impact Factor and Other Bibliometric Indicators• » Innovation in the Research and Publishing Landscape

Also: • Reviewer training• Editor training (for local journal Scopus applications)

Beyond Publishing – getting an edge via CONTENT

• Reading◦ Info Philanthropy (Research4Life)◦ Info Philanthropy (Research4Life)

• HINARI/AGORA/OARI/ARDI◦ More OA articles than ever

G lit t i fi d blFree

◦ Grey literatures is now more findable◦ Postdoc free access passport◦ Free tools like Mendeley in PDF annotation,

sharing and reference management• Deep linking to public databases • Advanced data connectivity - GLORIAD• Advanced data connectivity - GLORIAD• More findable content through PubMed,

Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, etc.

Beyond Publishing – getting an edge via COLLABORATION

International Collaboration improves citations

ASEAN Research Position & Main Collaboration Partners, 2012

More Collaboration and Broader Collaboration = Citation Impact

Free

Collaboration, sharing & groups

Beyond Publishing – getting an edge via COLLABORATIONASEAN countries are strong collaborators (but declining?)

Figure 5.2 – Percentage of articles that result from International Collaboration per year for selected ASEAN countries

ASEAN Research Position & Main Collaboration Partners 2012

Beyond Publishing – getting an edge via PARTNERSHIPS

National PartnershipsPartnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research

S ( S )Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)Grand Challenges

FoundationsFoundationsInternational Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)The World Academy of SciencesOrganization for Women in Science for the Developing WorldEl i F d tiElsevier FoundationWater, Agriculture & Sustainability awards & grants

Publishers & SocietiesThailand Research Fund (TRF) & The Office of Higher Education Commission, Thailand (OHEC)/Scopus Researcher AwardsProSPER Net Scopus Awards

Universities!

How Elsevier is forming Partnerships

Recent Elsevier Collaborative StudiesStockholm International Water InstituteR l S i (UK)Royal Society (UK)Department of Business, innovation and Skills (UK)Science Europe

Our Advisory CouncilsThailand Expert Content & Scopus Advisory CouncilKorea Expert Content & Scopus Advisory CouncilChi E t C t & S Ad i C ilChina Expert Conent & Scopus Advisory Council